Abe Fellowship Colloquium 安倍フェローシップ・コロキアムのご案内

ABE FELLOWSHIP COLLOQUIUM 安倍フェローシップ・コロキアムのご案内

Reports from Abe Journalism Fellows “Economic Disparity and Poverty- Reporting on US Experiences”

Time： Sunday, November 19th 1:30 pm~3:30 pm

Place： International House of Japan 403-404 Seminar Room （5-11-16 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032） Access：http://www.i-house.or.jp/eng/access.html

Speakers： Kumiko Nakatsuka Asahi Shimbun Osaka Office, Journalist in the Life and Culture News Department Abe Journalist Fellow（2015）

Minako Sasako Yomiuri Shimbun, Staff Writer in the International News Department Abe Journalist Fellow（2016）

Commentator： Chiaki Moriguchi Hitotsubashi University, Institute of Economic Research, Professor, Research Division of Comparative and World Economics Abe Fellow（2004）

＊ The seminar will be conducted in Japanese. Admission is free.

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この催しは米国社会科学研究評議会（SSRC）東京事務所と国際交流基金日米センター(CGP)が共催しています。This event is jointly sponsored by the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) Tokyo Office and the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP).

Colloquium Outline and Participant Bios

Kumiko Nakatsuka, Asahi Shimbun, Journalist in the Life and Culture News Department “In the Schools, In the Cities: How Can Japan Learn from US and England Strategies to Combat Child Poverty?”

Predictions suggest that in roughly 40 years Japan’s population will shrink to 87 million; birthrates will remain low, and poverty rates will increase. How can Japan face this future, and its effects upon the security of its children? As the influence of the US and England upon Japan may have an effect upon Japanese policy, considering the situation abroad is worthwhile. On an Abe Journalist Fellowship, I visited the US and England from September to October of 2016 to examine policies that seek to break the chain of poverty. I will report on my findings in my talk, and reflect on Japan’s practices and future trends.

Biography: Born in 1971, Kumiko Nakatsuka is a Journalist for Asahi Shimbun Osaka Headquarters Life and Culture Department who specializes in children and poverty related coverage. She has investigated topics such as children and family support, gender, and statelessness, and has worked on issues surrounding child poverty since 2008, the year that child poverty was “rediscovered.” In 2010, Nakatsuka received the “Poverty Journalism Award” (sponsored by the Anti-Poverty Network) for her reports on child poverty-related issues. In 2017, the Asahi Shimbun Osaka Headquarters received the Sakata Memorial Journalism Award for its series on “Children and Poverty”, which included her work completed in the US through the Abe Fellowship Program. Publications include Hinkon no nakade otona ni naru（Growing up in Poverty）, Kamokawa, Co., Inc., 2012; Co-author on Kodomo no hinkon hakusho and kodomo no hinkon handobukku, etc.

Minako Sasako, Yomiuri Shimbun, Staff Writer in the International News Department “Division in American Communities – Report on the Experiences of Sandy Springs”

Since the birth of the Trump Presidency, there has been increasing attention on the expansion of American economic disparity and social division. In large US cities like Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles, residential areas are segmented between the wealthy and the poor, and are becoming increasingly polarized. Many of the areas where African Americans and Hispanic Americans live continue to experience vicious cycles of high crime, low education levels, and land price stagnation, and these areas are left out of development. There are few signs of how this growing economic gap might be rectified. In my talk, I will report on my coverage of Sandy Springs, a city in the suburbs of Atlanta, where I looked closely at these issues.

Biography: Minako Sasako graduated from Waseda University’s School of Political Science and Economics in 1999 and received her MBA in 2012 from Southampton University, UK. She has worked for Yomiuri Shimbun as a Journalist since 2002, covering such topics as TEPCO, Chūetsu Earthquake, Ministry of Finance, Tokyo Stock Market, and the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident. From February 2016, she has been assigned to the Tokyo Headquarters International Department. She received an Abe Journalist Fellowship in 2016. Publications include Ringo ga kusaru made genpatsu 30 km en kara no houkoku—kisha nooto kara (Until the Apple Rots, Report from the Nuclear Power Station 30 km Area - From the Press Notes), Kadokawa, 2016.

Chiaki Moriguchi, Hitotsubashi University, Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Comparative and World Economics

Biography: Professor of Economic Research Institute, Hitotsubashi University, Dr. Chiaki Moriguchi’s specialty is comparative economic history, comparative institutional analysis, and family economics. Before she arrived at Hitotsubashi University, she taught as an associate professor at Harvard Business School (1998-2001) and Associate Professor at Northwestern University (2001-2009). In 2011, she received the 8th Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Award for "Comparative economic history of institutional development in Japan and the United States." She earned a Ph.D. in economics from Stanford University and received an Abe Fellowship in 2004. Recent publications include, “Did Japan become an unequal society? Japan’s income disparity in comparative historical perspective,” Economic Review 68(2), 2017, “The evolution of child adoption and child welfare policies in Japan and Korea,” Economic Review 67(1), 2016 (co-authored with Eunhwa Kang), “Adopted children and stepchildren in twentieth-century America: Long-run trends in census microdata,” Economic Review 65 (1), 2014.